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21535002

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
Communication is a strong selective pressure on brain evolution because the exchange of information between individuals is crucial for fitness-related behaviors, such as mating. Given the importance of communication, the brains of signal senders and receivers are likely to be functionally coordinated. We study vocal behavior and auditory processing in multiple species of estrildid finches with the goal of understanding how species identity and early experience interact to shape the neural systems that subserve communication. Male finches learn to produce species-specific songs, and both sexes learn to recognize songs. Our studies indicate that closely related species exhibit different auditory coding properties in the midbrain and forebrain and that early life experience of vocalizations contributes to these differences. Moreover, birds that naturally sing tonal songs can learn broadband songs from heterospecific tutors, providing an opportunity to examine the interplay between species identity and early experience in the development of vocal behavior and auditory tuning.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1749-6632
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2011 New York Academy of Sciences.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
1225
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155-65
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Coevolution in communication senders and receivers: vocal behavior and auditory processing in multiple songbird species.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. sw2277@columbia.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review